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Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live Search

Microsoft signs major deal with Dell for Live SearchPatience, MikeIt's premature to write: "The future is now, the past is prologue, Microsoft has won."Until Microsoft's victory, savor the slow process of Google's disintegration moment by moment. You wouldn't slug down that Merlot or Cab Sav, would you?!Salute to...

Tags: Chad Myers, Microsoft Live Search, Chad, Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Google: Will YouTube Kings Chad & Steve bail?

Think Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s YouTube worries are “just” a billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit and a competitive online video smack down?Think again!Schmidt has two “Kingly” risks to concern himself with: The YouTube celebrity co-founders Chad & Steve “acquired” by Google along with the YouTube assets.Chad Hurley and Steve Chen...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Chad, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.

Blog posts 2007-03-22

The community gets the corporate message

Harry Fuller, and old friend and executive editor at CNET, has a comment about the You Tube guys video posting about the sale of their company to Google. Hes amazed at the speed and reach of the communication by the company about its sale, but the real message, I think,...

Tags: Chad

Blog posts 2006-10-10

Poolcast

Ideas are flowing in the GestureBank. I'm speaking on Friday at Yahoo at the invitation of Chad Dickerson, a former colleague at InfoWorld and now Platform Evangelist at the !plex. Chad sent me a reminder today asking for an idea of what I wanted to talk about, which prompted me...

Tags: Chad, GestureBank

Blog posts 2006-04-25

Worth noting: Chad's tale of woe with a new Dell

From the sound of his most recent blog, Chad Dickerson ended up in a wrestling match with a new Dell system and lost. That's bad news because Chad, who used to be the CIO at InfoWorld (now, he's at Yahoo), is one of the most technical people I know....

Tags: Chad, Dell Computer Corp., printer

Blog posts 2006-01-09

RSS and DoS

Chad Dickerson of InfoWorld sounds the alarm about RSS and its denial-of-service characteristics: "If I didn't know how RSS worked, I would think we were being slammed by a bunch of zombies sitting on compromised home PCs." It's all part of Chad's love-hate relationship with RSS, where his roles as IT...

Tags: Chad, RSS

Blog posts 2004-07-19

Additional Resources

Avoid accidental complexity, and 96 other things every software architect should know

Favor simplicity. Avoid accidental complexity. Don't worry about building the 'perfect' beast. Don't worry about future-proofing. Treat people with respect. These common-sense pearls of wisdom come from a book titled 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, edited by Richard Monson-Haefel, that is packed with truisms...

Tags: Solution, Complexity, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-20

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

IT Dojo: Protect company assets during employee departures [video]

Employment transition is an often overlooked danger to company security. Whether it’s massive layoffs or routine separations, IT should have standard security policies in place that detail the steps to take when an employee leaves the company. In thisTechRepublic IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler goes over four critical areas of...

Tags: Asset, Security, Information Technology, Video, Employment Transition, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Five IT security pet peeves

Guest post: Anyone who cares about a field of expertise â€" really cares about it â€" must have some annoyances about things that could, even should, be better, but aren’t for what seem like the dumbest of reasons. TechRepublic's Chad Perrin shares five of his pet peeves in the realm...

Tags: Pet, IT Security, Information Technology, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

10+ reasons why people write viruses

Why do people write viruses and other mobile malicious code? The answer isn't as simple as it used to be. Here are some possible motives suggested by security expert Chad Perrin and several TechRepublic members.This download is also available as an entry in our IT Security blog.

Tags: Malicious Code, Virus, Chad Perrin, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Download resources 2009-05-04

Dell PowerEdge Servers: Energy Efficient and Powerful - The Best of Both Worlds

Listen to Chad Fenner, product manager for Dell M Series blades, explain the new features of this series of servers.

Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Servers, Blade Servers, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-05-01

Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder Shaw as tech advisors

President Obama named Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie and Google CEO Eric Schmidt to his panel of science and technology advisors along with a few other notable characters. The full name of this panel is the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST and the goal is...

Tags: Eric Schmidt, Barack Obama, Hedge Fund, Advisor, William Press, David E. Shaw, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leaked

Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leakedHmmmI still think I will opt for the official download. That way I can get a key.... I'm assuming the beta keys will not be working anymore?RE: Windows 7 Release Candidate (build 7100) leakedI find that the leak of this RC will be a...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Release Candidate, release candidate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

Open Source Haggadah, chapter 2

Last Passover, I spoke of the Commandments that companies should follow in order to be good Open Source citizens. Also read: Open Source Commandments I Also read: Open Source Commandments II My, what a difference a year makes -- or maybe...

Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Open Source, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Innovating for all the wrong reasons

Guest post: There are various reasons why clients may want to innovate, such as to keep up with the competition or users are demanding it. TechRepublic's Chip Camden offers words of wisdom about what to say when clients pursue change for the wrong reasons. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-...

Tags: Innovation, Client, TPD, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-08

EMC Integrates, Extends & Accelerates VMware Environments

Join EMC's Chad Sakac, senior director of VMware strategic alliance, as he outlines how EMC integrates, extends, and accelerates the value of a VMware infrastructure. Discover the EMC technologies - storage, backup, applications, management, replication, QoS - that help VMware customers at each stage of deployment, with every use case,...

Tags: Environment, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware

White papers 2009-03-30

If open source is future proof the test has begun

This morning our fearless leader, Larry Dignan all blessings be unto him offered some space at Between the Lines to Chad Perrin, a security consultant and Web developer usually found at our TechRepublic site. Perrin's conclusion? Open source is future proof. During most recessions,...

Tags: Leader, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-20

How likely is your software to survive the recession?

  TechRepublic guest post via Chad Perrin. A recession economy can affect more than just your employer’s revenue stream; it can also affect the software you use. It’s time to start thinking about how to minimize any negative effects that may have on your systems’...

Tags: Software, Security, Recession, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-20

A robot that follows a human commander and responds to gestures

This week marks another incremental step forward in the field of robotics, specifically around gestural control.  Brown University reports that their researchers have demonstrated  how a robot can follow nonverbal commands from a person in a variety of environments â€" indoors as well as outside â€" all without adjusting for...

Tags: Brown University, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-14